@arms: "    Canada opening heavy arms sales to Chile, Peru
Canada opening heavy arms sales to Chile, Peru
By Jesse Ward, Global News - April 25, 2014 2:37 pm
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Canadian arms manufacturers may now export automatic weapons and other
military equipment to Chile and Peru, following amendments that came into
place this week to Canada's Automatic Firearms Country Control List (AFCCL).
The AFCCL is a list of 34 countries, including all NATO member countries,
eligible for importation of certain military-grade weapons from Canada. The
order adding Chile and Peru to the list came into effect on April 10, and
appeared in The Canada Gazette on April 23. "The amendment to the AFCCL will
add Chile and Peru to the list of countries that the Governor in Council
deems appropriate to export certain prohibited firearms, prohibited weapons
and prohibited devices, and their components or parts," says the notice.
"The inclusion of Chile and Peru on the AFCCL does not guarantee that the
Minister of Foreign Affairs will issue an export permit for the export of
these items, and all applications will remain subject to the Government of
Canada's case-by-case review process." The notice says an objective of the
amendments is to open "new market opportunities for Canadian exporters."
Postmedia News reported in January that a secret briefing note presented to
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird in June 2013 included Chile and Peru as
two countries to be added to the list, along with Brazil and South Korea,
"in response to reduced demand for Canadian-made weapons in 'traditional
markets' like the U.S. and Britain." Wednesday's notice says the Department
of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence held public online consultations in
July and August 2013 regarding the possible addition of Chile and Peru to
the list. The notice says there were three responses. One was "in support of
the proposed additions", one contained "a general declaration of concern
with Chile and Peru being added to the AFCCL", and a third raised "a
specific concern regarding Peru."
"The latter concern noted in the public consultation is the potential risk
of diversion of small arms and light weapons to illegal armed groups in
Peru," says the notice. "The Government of Canada is of the view that
despite the existence of some risk, the Government of Peru has made some
excellent progress in recent years with regards to improving its control and
tracking of its arms stockpiles," says the notice.
A report released last month by Peru's national arms regulator says 1,767
firearms were declared lost or stolen in Peru in 2013. During a visit to
Peru in May 2013, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the signing of a
memorandum of understanding between the Canadian Commercial Corporation and
Peru's Ministry of Defense. The last country to be added to the AFCCL was
the Republic of Colombia in December 2012. Within a month of Colombia being
added to the list, General Dynamics Land Systems Canada had signed a $65
million deal with the Colombian Ministry of National Defence to provide them
with 24 light armoured vehicles.
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    @carle: "On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 23:18:05 -0700, R. LaCasse
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It seems Canada does not allow its own citizens to own guns without
severe controls, yet they are eager to make a buck by supplying guns
to third world countries so they can kill each other.  I guess that
makes sense for a hypocritical nanny state."
    @Mindy: "<quote>
	That's true, but what cause that, is it a ^You Forever^ Lobsang
Rampa (Ruby Tuesday) complex of overself existence.
	Maybe when Stephen Harper gets his proper meds, things may get
better, since whatever Px he's on now doesn't seem to be working.
	" nanny state" hummm more like a prison state, where 1984 is just a
vague historical reference of Brave New World.
	The Homeless Industry has all these old biddy social workers running
around gutting new and old buidings to carve a niche for themselves in their
arrogant "jobs", of hypocritical "help".
	If Politics comes from guns, we don't have a country yet, since
Canada is not exactly a battle state yet....well at least not recently.
**Father to Son in a Facts of Life Lecture**:
	Son, someday you will make a girl very happy, 
for a short period of time.
Then she will leave you and be with new men who 
are ten times better than you.
........These men are called ^GUN OWNERS^........"
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